1. The best thing you can do to keep your brain in shape is get off the couch and head out the door for a brisk walk. Just one year of walking three times a week can increase the size of the hippocampus, a part of the brain that's key to memory.
Link : http://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-02-2011/keep_your_memory_strong_by_walking.html
2. How often have you heard a funny joke, only to later forget the punch line? If your memory for jokes and other important information isn't as sharp as it used to be, stop doubting yourself and start quizzing yourself instead. Test yourself, Quiz yourself, Repeat , repeat, repeat until you can Recall Easily..
http://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-01-2011/keep_memory_sharp_as_the_brain_ages.html
3. Associate hard-to-remember facts with some familiar space
http://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-04-2011/four-memory-tips-from-joshua-foer.html
4. Use "chunking" to remember numbers, such as passwords, credit cards or bank accounts
5. Conquering the OK plateau You’ve got to push yourself past your comfort zone.
6. Pay attention Once upon a time, people invested in their memories. They cultivated them. Today, of course, we’ve got digital cameras, and computers, and smartphones to hold our memories for us. We’ve outsourced our memories to digital devices, and the result is that we no longer trust our memories. We see every small forgotten thing as evidence that they're failing us.
From the book Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer.
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